Rethinking IT in construction & engineering : : organisational readiness / / Mustafa Alshawi.

• VerfasserIn: Alshawi, Mustafa.,
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : Taylor & Francis,, 2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (579 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

How could the potential of IT be realised to improve business performance in architecture, construction and engineering organisations? How could organisations unleash the potential of IT to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage? How can organisations migrate from technology to IT-enabled business thinking?Based on the author's twenty years research experience, this book provides a holistic picture of the factors that enable architecture, construction and engineering organisations to explore the potential of IT to improve their businesses and achieve a sustainable competitive ad

Table of Contents

Also available from Taylor & Francis; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Part 1 Elements of IS/IT success and measurement in organisations; Part 2 Enablers: learning organisations and strategies alignment; Part 3 Improvement gaps and tools: maturity and readiness of organisations; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Elements of IS/IT success and measurement in organisations; Chapter 1 Current status of IS/IT management and applications; 1.1 Advances in hardware and software; 1.2 Patterns of IT focus in construction and engineering; Phase I: IT infrastructure; Phase II: process focus

Phase III: supply chain focusPhase IV: Internet focus; 1.3 Technology push vs business pull; 1.3.1 Isolated computer applications; Case study 1.1: Incompatibility of software packages; 1.3.2 Lack of communications; 1.3.3 Business processes; 1.4 IS/IT investments and organisation effectiveness; 1.4.1 Investment decisions; 1.4.2 Case study 1.2: ill-informed decisions on IT investments; 1.5 Evolving role of IS/IT in organisations; 1.6 IS/IT measurement, success and effectiveness; 1.6.1 Definitions of IS/IT; 1.6.2 IS/IT success and effectiveness

1.7 IT uptake: the case of the construction industry1.7.1 Web-based developments for project collaboration; 1.7.2 Data exchange in collaborative environments; 1.7.3 Case study 1.3: collaborative environments; Background; Benefits; Problems; 1.7.4 Case study 1.4: collaborative environments; Background; Benefits; 1.7.5 Case study 1.5: collaborative environments; Background; Benefits; 1.7.6 Case study 1.6: collaborative environments; Background; Benefits; 1.7.7 Case study 1.7: collaborative environments; Background; Benefits; Problems; Chapter 2 Organisational elements for IS/IT success

2.1 Business dynamics and technology2.1.1 Relation between business process and technology: the five-layer diagram; Layer 1: business environment; Layer 2: IS/IT and business processes; Layer 3: package solutions; Layer 4: enabling software; Layer 5: hardware and communication technology; 2.2 Difficulties in integrating business and IS/IT: the case of construction; 2.2.1 Case study 2.1: lack of standardisation in business processes; 2.3 Building IT capability; 2.4 Business process and IT; 2.4.1 Relationship between maturity in process management and IS/IT

2.4.2 The relevance of the time element2.4.3 Case study 2.2: Extranets; 2.5 People and IT; 2.5.1 The role of IS/IT Department Head; Factors affecting the Head of IS/IT; 2.5.2 Case study 2.3: people role in the success of collaborative environments; List of people-critical success factors for the successful implementation of Extranets:; 2.6 Work environment; 2.6.1 Leadership; 2.6.2 Empowerment; 2.6.3 Communication; 2.6.4 Process vision development; 2.6.5 Project management; 2.6.6 Process-based team formation

2.6.7 Case study 2.4: work environment role in the success of collaborative environments